I just finished a pair of yoga socks.
Great yarn. Great concept. Totally functional.
I don't like them. I wouldn't go so far as to say I hate them, but I definitely don't like them.
I don't like the look of the bind off, I don't like how the bottom curls, and I don't like how the bottom is bigger than the top.
The worst part, is that this is my first knitting design. It was a fail. Blah.
There will be no picture. Not of these yoga socks. They will be used, and loved, but not showcased. Poor, poor pair of yoga socks. They never stood a chance.
But they will still be part of my yoga outfit, until I make better ones. And when people tell me about how much they like my socks, I'll say "thank you" and remember that a pair of hand-knit yoga socks that aren't perfect is better than not having a pair at all. So in that, I'm happy I have them.
February 1, 2011
January 27, 2011
Cowl Book Giveaway at AllFreeKnitting
I just started on a cowl, and even though I'm only 10 or so rows into the project, I'm already in love with cowls.
So when I saw this giveaway at Allfreeknitting in my RSS today, I had to sign up to get in the drawing for a free copy of Cowlgirls
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If you enter, good luck!
So when I saw this giveaway at Allfreeknitting in my RSS today, I had to sign up to get in the drawing for a free copy of Cowlgirls
.If you enter, good luck!
Knitting at a Kings Hockey Game
Our LYS went to the King's hockey game last night at the Staples Center in downtown LA for a "sticks and stitches" event. The owner of the LYS is a King's fan, so she was excited about organizing a group to go.
Twelve of us from our LYS sat together. Unfortunately, the other groups from other stores were scattered around so we didn't have a huge knit-in like we hoped. But on the upside, it turned out not to be cold where we were sitting in the nose-bleed section.
I brought two projects with me. It was too dark up where we were sitting for me to work on the new cowl project I had where I needed to read my stitches in order to know what to knit. So I pulled out another project I'm working on, a yoga sock that I designed myself with some marvelous leftover bright blue sock yarn. That worked ok, but the yarn has stripes of dark brown in it and it's on size 1 needles. So knitting parts of it was a bit of a challenge in the dark. Of course, that didn't stop me from trying, and I ended up getting a good 4-5 rows done.
Also, I discovered that hockey is actually pretty fast moving. (I'd never been to a live hockey game before.) Too often, when I looked down to knit a few stitches, something would happen, and I missed it. I missed one of the two goals that way. During the breaks, when I thought I'd get some knitting done, we were having fun socializing. So I didn't get as much knitting done as I thought I would. But I did get to talk about knitting with the others, and saw a great, action packed hockey game that went into overtime and 4 shootouts.
Overall, was great fun. I'd go again. But next time, I'll bring a project with white yarn, on big needles, knit in garter or stockinette, and not concern myself too much about how much knitting gets done.
Twelve of us from our LYS sat together. Unfortunately, the other groups from other stores were scattered around so we didn't have a huge knit-in like we hoped. But on the upside, it turned out not to be cold where we were sitting in the nose-bleed section.
I brought two projects with me. It was too dark up where we were sitting for me to work on the new cowl project I had where I needed to read my stitches in order to know what to knit. So I pulled out another project I'm working on, a yoga sock that I designed myself with some marvelous leftover bright blue sock yarn. That worked ok, but the yarn has stripes of dark brown in it and it's on size 1 needles. So knitting parts of it was a bit of a challenge in the dark. Of course, that didn't stop me from trying, and I ended up getting a good 4-5 rows done.
Also, I discovered that hockey is actually pretty fast moving. (I'd never been to a live hockey game before.) Too often, when I looked down to knit a few stitches, something would happen, and I missed it. I missed one of the two goals that way. During the breaks, when I thought I'd get some knitting done, we were having fun socializing. So I didn't get as much knitting done as I thought I would. But I did get to talk about knitting with the others, and saw a great, action packed hockey game that went into overtime and 4 shootouts.
Overall, was great fun. I'd go again. But next time, I'll bring a project with white yarn, on big needles, knit in garter or stockinette, and not concern myself too much about how much knitting gets done.
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